OpenStack — from deployment to operations

Who is it for?

Systems administrators, DevOps engineers and architects who want to deploy or operate an OpenStack platform in production, with a solid understanding of the components and their interactions.

Prerequisites

• Solid Linux knowledge (commands, service management, basic networking)
• Notions of virtualisation (KVM, libvirt)
• Familiarity with cloud concepts (compute, storage, networking)

Objectives

By the end of the training, you will be able to:

• Design an OpenStack architecture suited to your context
• Deploy a working cluster (multi-node, HA)
• Operate Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone and Glance day-to-day
• Diagnose and resolve common incidents
• Automate provisioning with Heat or Terraform

Programme

Day 1 — Architecture and deployment

• Overview of the OpenStack ecosystem
• Core components (Nova, Neutron, Glance, Cinder, Keystone, Horizon)
• Deployment strategies (Kolla-Ansible, OSA, distributions)
• Lab: deploy an all-in-one cluster + one compute node

Day 2 — Networking and storage

• Neutron architecture (ML2, OVS, OVN), VLANs, VXLAN
• Routing, floating IPs, security groups
• Cinder: LVM, NFS, Ceph
• Lab: create a multi-tenant project with dedicated network

Day 3 — Operations and automation

• Monitoring (Prometheus, Skydive)
• Backups, upgrades, troubleshooting
• Automation: Heat templates, Terraform OpenStack provider
• Lab: deploy a complete application via Terraform

Teaching method

50% theory / 50% practice. Each participant has a dedicated lab (3-node OpenStack cluster). Course materials and lab solutions provided. Post-training support available (Q&A for 30 days).

Pricing

Quote on request based on format (in-house, number of participants, on-site/remote). Training agreement available. OPCO funding possible (to confirm based on your context).